Dan Zhu is widely recognized as one of the finest Chinese musicians on the international stage today, praised as “an artist of affecting humility and beautiful tone production” by The Strad magazine, performing internationally in North America, Europe, and Asia. His recent performance with the Boston Symphony at the Tanglewood Festival has been heralded by the critics as “truly brilliant, compelling, and polished”. He has appeared with many orchestras under the direction of Maestros Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta, Philippe Entremont, Jacek Kaspszyk, Gianandrea Noseda, Krzysztof Penderecki, Carl St.Clair, Muhai Tang, Long Yu, and Jia Lv, among many others, and has been invited to perform and give master classes at renowned festivals, such as Salzburg Festspiele, Tanglewood, Kuhmo, Marlboro, Menton, Schleiswig-Holstein, Prades-Casals, Ravinia, and Spoleto.

“The young star Dan Zhu … gave an outstanding performance of the effective new concerto. Zhu showed maturity of musicality and personal voice, on top of brilliant virtuosity, and interpreted the piece in grand style while demonstrating his control over the complex structure of the composition. A rare talent!”